Opportunity abounds for the Plymouth Wildcats as the new varsity boys basketball season opens.

There are individual roles to be determined and defined by eighth-year head coach Mike Soukup, but he knows his 2016-17 squad once again will battle and grind with the best of them.

He’ll see for himself 7 p.m. Monday in a non-conference tilt at Redford Union. Plymouth (8-13 last year) faces the Panthers, Soukup’s previous coaching destination.

“(The Wildcats are) really young, I have two seniors only,” Soukup said. “Five total returners from last year and for the first time ever I have a freshman up.

“They’ve enjoyed some success (at the junior varsity level). They’re hoping for that success to carry over to this year as well. they’ll probably struggle early because they don’t yet understand the nuances and the fine-point details that go into playing at this level. But once they do, I think they’ll be okay.”